European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 7.1995 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 spurs make themselves at Home on Utah s floor Miami s Kevin Willis 42 goes to the Basket As Minne Sota s scan Rooks trios to Block the shot thursday. By the associated press with Houston san an Tonso and Utah All playing Well the Midwest has been mighty. I division rivals san Antonio and Utah both entered their thursday night matchup having won nine of their last 10, and the rockets were Riding a five game win Ning Streak when they won 108-99 at Dallas. Utah s Home court might have been the difference in the spurs 104-103 Victory. Lately it s been More of disadvantage for the jazz than an advantage. I thought the spurs came in Here with the idea that this was the biggest game they be played said Utah coach Jerry Sloan whose team has lost five of seven Home games while the jazz had an11-game Road win Ning Streak. As a result they won the game. They played a lot More aggressive than we  David Robinson scored 11 of his 25 Points in the fourth Quarter. Dennis Rodman had 18 Rebou rids a Dafter Karl Malone helped bring Utah within six Points with 3 25 to play made two crucial stops on the jazz Forward in the final 1 40. \ in other games it was Miami 114, Minnesota 91 Tholos Angeles clippers 95, Philadelphia 93 Milwaukee 111, Golden state 103 and Sacramento 94, Detroit 88. A Basket by Malone with 1 15 to play Cut the spurs Lead to Lql-98. After Robinson was called for an Offen Sive foul Rodman challenged Malone on his next drive and he missed. A  made agree throw with 16 so could to play then Utah s John Stockton missed two of three free throws after being fouled behind the 3-Point line with 8 seconds left sealing the spurs win. _ a j _ _ rockets 108, Mavericks 99 i Lakeck Olajuwon scored 33 Points continuing torrid Streak in which he s averaged More than 35 Points in the past five games. A Vernon Max Voll scored 16 Points and Mario Zilic 15for Houston which regained first place in the Midwest division after Utah s loss to san Antonio. National basketball association Jim Jackson led Dallas with 26 Points while Roy Tarpley had 19 Points and 13 rebounds. Jama Mash Burri added 17 Points for the Mavericks who dropped below .500 for the first time this season. Heat 114, Timber wolves 91 Billy Owens had 19 Points 10 rebounds and 10 assists for Miami and Minnesota failed to score., 100points for the 12th straight game. 7 Glen Rice scored 24 for the heat who maintained double digit Lead after the Middle of the second Quarter. Matt Geiger added 22, and Kevin Willis had 17points and 19 rebounds. Isaiah rider scored 23 to Pace the visiting Tim be wolves. Minnesota Rookie Donyel Marshall re turned to action after missing six games Wilta sprained right ankle he played five minutes and did t score. A i clippers-95,76ersto Vav by los Angeles got its fifth Victory of the season when Loy Vaught broke a tic with a jumper with 8.6  . .".,.\. A -. -."v-/,. Ought finished with 25 Points Tony Massonburg added 18 Points for the clippers who Are 5-25. Bucks fit warriors 103 Golden state lost for the 18th time in 21 games As Todd Day had 27 Points and Eric Murdock 21 for Mil Waukee.  v Glenn Robinson had 19 Points for the Visitin Glucks. Vin Baker had 18 Points and 16 rebounds his 18th double double in 29 games this season. F King 94, pistons jb8 i Sacramento scored 16. Consecutive Points in the fourth Quarter to  to jts seventh straight loss. \ \ -. Or "  Forward Brian Grant had a career-h.igh.j24,. Points and 13 rebounds and Mitch Richmond had 22 Points for the Kings. A. V r. Us Oakland Calif a now even Latrell Sprewer one of the few Brights Potis in a season of turmoil for the Goldren state warriors is causing problem for coach Don Nelson y sure Wylli the warriors leading scorer was suspended without pay for thursday night s game against Milwaukee for skip Ping practice the Day before. He also missed practice dec. 21 arid was late for another dec 26. His absence was significant in a 111 103 loss to Milwaukee. Not Only did the warriors miss his scoring but the Bucks Todd Day scored 27 Points against sure will s replacement Rookie Dwayne mor .-.ton.-.  /  ". Nelson who returned this week after missing seven games with viral pneumonia was so concerned about Sprewer s absence wednesday that he drove to the nearby Home of the third year guard. I was worried about him said Nel son who coi ild hot reach spec will by phone. I drove out to see if everything was of. He was t theresprewell who leads Western Confer ence guards in All Star balloting did t Contact the team until appearing at an a Star voting party wednesday evening. On thursday morning Nelson met with Sprewell for 40 minutes before team shoo around. We had a Good meeting i basically told him Why we did what we had to do. Whether Latrell likes it or not he is Aleader. It s just a bad signal to his team mates when he does t come Nelson said. It s never happened before he s never been late or missed anything until this car.  /. ".--. This is just part of my Job. I m the fast Guy that wanted to suspend Latrell sure Well Nelson added. I still believe that a big part of my Job is to help Young peo ple mature As they go through their lives not just in  " Alpha Phi Alpha go to High school go to College racquetball tournament 20-22 Jan.1995 _ _ 1 Baum older gym #2 next to Burger King registration fee of $20 goes to our scholarship fund. 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